Help please

[Norm Smith]

I am an old senior and am not up on all of the high teck. stuff, however I am a wood turner and am doing some fluting on turned items. Presently I use a small router that sits on a table that fits onto my wood lathe. I slide the router on the table while cutting flutes in the items. I think that I am looking for a double axis table ?? that would move about 12 " sideways and 4 - 6" in and out. Something that I could fasten my router to and slide by hand.
Clear as mud???
I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions as to where I could purchase (in Canada) something like I hade described.

Thanks,
Norm Smith
Nova Scotia

[Al_The_Man]

Is this straight flute cutting on the parts in the lathe?
Would a live tooling holder of some kind do the trick?
IOW lock the spindle and have the live tooling on a modified steady rest?
I assume you want some kind of manual set up?
Al.

[Norm Smith]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Man Is this straight flute cutting on the parts in the lathe? Would a live tooling holder of some kind do the trick? IOW lock the spindle and have the live tooling on a modified steady rest? I assume you want some kind of manual set up? Al.

Al, Yes, I think that is what I am after but am not sure what you mean about modifing a steady rest. I need something secure so that it will make a straight cut on a curved surface. I have done a lot of inlay using my present setup with an indexing wheel locking the piece in place but I need more accurcy for fluting. Yes, I need a manual setup.
Thanks so much for your interest.
Norm

[Al_The_Man]

I would imagine you need to mock something up like a sliding carriage & cross slide similar to a metal lathe set up.
I am not sure if there is anything off the shelf though.
It would probably have been best to post in the Woodworking forum to get more exposure to the question.
Al.

[Norm Smith]

Thanks Al, But I have gone the wood working sights. I just thought that there might be something available through this sight.
Thanks again for your time.
Norm

[DareBee]

Al meant the woodworking forum on THIS site.